"The next time we meet… I will kill you, Yuuki."
I should have known things would end sadly for us, but I was blind. I didn't think you would, after you kissed me I didn't think you'd have the heart to.
I stuck to my word.
"Well, then in that case… I will keep running away from you, Zero."
I kept running from you, hoping you would realize that you couldn't kill me. I wondered how long it would be until we met again. Only a year had passed before I knew you were close to finding me. I kept running, but secretly I hoped you would catch me. I didn't think you could kill me.
Another year had passed and you hadn't found me. Onii-sama insisted on tracking you down and killing you, for my safety, but I kept him from doing so. Zero, how long had you planned on looking for me? I started thinking you wouldn't find me. Were you really trying to find me? To kill me?
Year three, I've caught you scent plenty of times, I know you've caught mine. Why haven't you come closer to me? I've given you opportunities to find me, why haven't you used them? Zero, I hate running from you, but it's the only way to keep you living. I love you, not like I love Onii-sama, but still…
Even after four years the pain of not being able to see you hasn't eased. I remember our high school years, before vampire Yuuki awoke. At times I wish I was still living as a human. You wouldn't be hunting me would you? Kaname-sama and I would probably be lovers, but at least you and I could be friends instead of enemies or would you not be able to stand the fact that Kaname-sama and I were together?
We finally meet, five years after parting, but why does it have to be like this? You point your Bloody Rose at me, I ready Artemis, not to attack you, but to block the bullet if you pull the trigger. Doesn't this feel familiar?
"Zero, I hoped it wouldn't be like this." I know now that you would kill me, here and now.
"Yuuki…" I can hear the hesitation in your voice.
Are you really going to pull the trigger? Artemis falls from my hands. I wouldn't stop you from killing me. Your face looks pained, are you fighting with yourself weather to kill me or not?
I don't hear the bullet fly, don't feel the pain in my chest. It hurts to see you crying. I can't remember the last time I saw you cry. Don't beat yourself up for killing me. I don't want you to be sad because of my death. You accomplished your task didn't you? Please keep living, even if I'm not alive.
"Don't let Onii-sama kill you, tell him it's my dieing wish." Had you not come to hold me against your chest, you wouldn't have heard me. You press your lips to mine roughly, you didn't want to kill me, but I am a Pureblood so you had to.
"Yuuki…" I feel the tears dropping onto my shoulder.
"Goodbye, Ze…ro."